Member Since 1995
Alberto Edgardo Saal
Professor, Brown University
I received both a B.S. and a Ph.D. degree in Geology from the Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina, a M.Sc. in Geochemistry from MIT and a Ph.D. in Oceanography from MIT/WHOI. After a postdoctoral fellowship and two years as a Storke-Doherty Lecturer in DEES at Columbia University and as Associate Research Scientist at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, I joined the Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences, Brown University, where I remained until today.
Professional Experience
Brown University
Professor
2003 - Present
Education
MIT/WHOI Joint Program in Oceanography
Doctorate
2000
Universidad Nacional de Córdoba
Bachelors
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Masters
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Honors & Awards
Union Fellow
Received December 2023
Citation
For paradigm-shifting studies on the water content of the Moon and dramatically improving our understanding of volatile abundances within the Earth
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Current Roles
Member
Volcanology, Geochemistry, and Petrology Fellows Committee
Publications
The Signature of Metasomatized Subcontinental Lithospheric Mantle in the Basaltic Magmatism of the P...
The Payenia region of Argentina (34.5–38°S) is a large Pliocene‐Quaternary volcanic province of basaltic compositions in the Andea...
January 24, 2022
Volcanically Induced Transient Atmospheres on the Moon: Asse...
September 17, 2020
Insights into the Galapagos plume from uranium-series isotop...
September 09, 2011
AGU Abstracts
The volcanism of the Meseta del Lago Buenos Aires, Patagonia: the transition from subduction to slab window
CONVERGENT MARGIN DYNAMICS II ORAL
volcanology, geochemistry and petrology | 13 december 2023
Imani Guest, Alberto E. Saal, Soumen Mallick, Matt...
The Meseta del Lago Buenos Aires (MLBA) in southern Patagonia, a volcanic plateau formed from ~12 Ma to present, provides an opportunity to investigat...
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No recycled sulfur in south-american subduction components: evidence from South Chile ridge basalts
RECYCLING IN THE SUBDUCTION FACTORY: CHARACTERIZATION OF SUBDUCTION-INDUCED MANTLE HETEROGENEITIES THROUGH INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACHES II POSTER
study of earth's deep interior | 16 december 2021
Isabelle Genot, Soumen Mallick, Jabrane Labidi, Al...
The sulfur content and isotopic budget of the sub-arc mantle is still weakly constrained despite its important role in mantle wedge oxidation, ore dep...
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Rapid deformation and annealing events recorded in a mantle xenolith from the Wyoming craton; A pathway for understanding microstructure evolution in the mantle
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF EARTH MATERIALS (PPEM): THE LONG AND THE SHORT OF IT III POSTER
mineral and rock physics | 16 december 2021
Yuval Boneh, Emily J. Chin, Benjamin Chilson-Parks...
The upper mantle can undergo dynamic flow or experience more static regimes of kinematic quiescence, which will affect its microstructure and various ...
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Volunteer Experience
2023 - 2026
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Volcanology, Geochemistry, and Petrology Fellows Committee
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